How much does it cost to hire your data annotation company?
Our transparent pricing scales perfectly with your specific domain requirements and completely avoids vague, qualitative-only estimations. For example, expert-level LLM Math and Coding annotation is priced explicitly at $18/hr, while highly educated STEM Generalist labeling is available at $12/hr. For visual multimodality tasks, Dense Captioning services cost $6/hr, and complex Automotive Road Lane tracking is precisely $3/km. By leveraging our global scholar-network and the highly efficient Abaka Forge platform, all work is executed by vetted experts to guarantee 99% accuracy, ensuring you only pay for flawless data.
How fast can you begin annotating our data?
We operate with rapid agility. Our Day 0–3 scoping and alignment phase immediately establishes rubrics and secures your isolated pipelines. By Weeks 1–2, a vetted pilot team is actively annotating and refining edge cases. Once approved, we scale elastically across our massive scholar-network, ensuring you receive consistent, high-volume data deliveries exactly when your model training demands them without compromising quality.
What data modalities and output formats do you support?
We support a comprehensive array of modalities including Text, LLM RLHF, Image, Video, Audio, 3D/4D Point Clouds, delivering everything from dense text reasoning to complex LiDAR + Camera fusion. Utilizing the powerful Abaka Forge platform, we can confidently deliver highly structured outputs in all standard and proprietary formats—such as JSON, COCO, XML, and ROSbag extracts. This comprehensive multimodality ensures seamless integration directly into your frontier AI training environments, eliminating the need for extensive internal preprocessing.
How do you ensure high accuracy for complex AI tasks?
We bypass standard crowdsourcing by utilizing a massive network of over 1 million vertically specialized annotators. Our subject-matter experts in fields like medicine, coding, and advanced mathematics undergo rigorous vetting. Combined with the multi-layer QA workflows integrated into the Abaka Forge platform, we consistently guarantee 99% accuracy on even the most intricate reasoning and logic tasks.
How secure is your data annotation platform?
Security and data provenance are our foundational principles. We are fully SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA compliant. Your data flows through segregated, secure pipelines under strictly enforced NDAs. Because we are a self-funded and profitable data partner, we never re-use your data or build competing models, guaranteeing absolute IP protection throughout the entire lifecycle of your foundational model.
Can you provide data annotation in multiple languages?
Yes, our expansive scholar-network spans over 50 countries, providing vast capabilities for multilingual annotation and cross-cultural localization. We handle nuanced translations, culturally specific sentiment analysis, and multi-language instruction following, ensuring your foundation models perform flawlessly on a global scale across diverse demographics and regional contexts.
How does Abaka AI compare to other data annotation companies?
Unlike generic data annotation companies that rely on unvetted crowd-workers and face immense venture capital pressure, Abaka AI is a self-funded, profitable partner dedicated solely to frontier AI data. We offer highly specialized scholar-grade talent, zero competing model development, and transparent, ethical data sourcing that completely eliminates copyright risk.
How do you handle changes to annotation guidelines mid-project?
We maintain highly flexible, agile workflows with our clients. Through our ongoing weekly performance syncs, we actively review edge cases and accommodate rubric shifts. If your model's capabilities evolve mid-training, we quickly recalibrate our specialized annotators and update the QA checks in Abaka Forge to match your new structural requirements seamlessly.
Do you offer a pilot program before scaling up?
Absolutely. During Weeks 1–2 of our engagement, we execute a rigorous pilot phase on a subset of your raw data. This allows us to test annotator comprehension, refine the custom rubrics, and align our quality assurance processes with your exact standards. We only scale the workforce once you are completely satisfied with the pilot's 99% accuracy.
Who owns the labeled data once the project is complete?
You retain 100% exclusive ownership of all labeled data. Your data is never repurposed, resold, or shared across other client accounts. We provide complete IP provenance and operate with 0% copyright risk on collected data, ensuring that your proprietary datasets remain a fiercely protected asset for your organization well into the future.
Do I need to provide the annotation software?
No, you do not. We utilize our proprietary, all-in-one Abaka Forge platform, which handles everything from data collection and cleaning to complex annotation and production. However, if your internal processes require it, our highly adaptable workforce can also securely integrate and operate directly within your proprietary annotation tooling, whether you prefer leveraging the advanced automation of Abaka Forge or utilizing your own highly customized interface.
Is there a minimum project size for your data labeling services?
We are designed to support everything from targeted, highly specialized pilot runs to massive, ongoing foundation model training efforts. While we specialize in scaling up to millions of parameters and managing extensive data volumes, our elastic scalability allows us to structure engagements that perfectly fit the unique scope and trajectory of your AI development, ensuring you always have the exact data volume required to reach your most critical algorithmic milestones.